American Gossip King

Chapter 202 Disaster Day

June 18th is Italy's Day of Disaster.

June 22nd is Spain's Day of Disaster.

June 25th is South Korea's National Disaster Day.

On this day, they endured the greatest pain and torment in their history, and even their own people began to curse them.

They cannot accept such a bloody lesson.

Shortly after, FIFA announced that it would not let Chung Mong-joon off the hook and demanded that the Korean Football Association give them an explanation... This guy's political career is doomed, and he might even end up in jail!

But none of this had anything to do with Ian Karl.

He gave up this major revelation in exchange for a cooperation agreement with News Corporation.

Shortly thereafter, News Corp. and Carl Media announced the agreement.

Carr Media Group invested $130 billion to acquire a 40% stake in Fox Entertainment Group and signed a tiered agreement—Murdoch did not intend to rent out his children for ten years; his requirement was five years.

News Corp. also stipulated a series of non-sale items, prohibiting Ian Carr from obtaining so-called high profits through the sale of properties.

That's the old man's cunning; he blocked all possible paths from the very beginning.

But on the other hand, it's hard to say.

A large corporation owns too many important assets; even Murdoch couldn't sign too many in a contract, let alone know the future.

For example, he could believe in the future of Fox News, but he wouldn't know how fast it would grow; and 20th Century Fox, his largest and most restricted company, wasn't even Ian's primary target...

For example, he might know that the Star Wars copyright is valuable, but he wouldn't realize that the future belongs to the superhero era, he wouldn't know the value of X-Men, the value of Blue Sky Studios, the value of Avatar, or that the departure of a host named Tok Carlson would cause Fox News' value to drop by 5%...

For example, he was unaware that Fox News would acquire DirecTV, a deal that would give Fox News both a cable television network and a cable business operator. However, Ian could use his shareholder status to preemptively acquire the deal, and Murdoch would never list a company that doesn't belong to him as unsellable...

He doesn't know many things!

Therefore, Ian has a lot of room to maneuver. By acquiring a controlling stake in Fox Entertainment Group, Ian can take away all the valuable assets that haven't yet been revealed! Even if they have clear value, as long as the money is right, he can take them away!

Moreover, given the many benefits Ian had given Murdoch, Murdoch couldn't go too far and gave the green light to certain assets.

Under these circumstances, Fox's future growth is destined to belong to LANN!

On the key front, things will look very good – in order to reduce repurchase losses, Ian will still do his best to help Fox and maximize revenue and market capitalization.

Just like the Xingkelun Daily... I made a profit when I sold that piece of junk!

The same will happen to Fox; it will only depreciate drastically after Ian leaves!

Finally, Ian signed an exclusive deal with News Corp. under the name of Butterfly.

Ian provides news to CBS, and Butterfly provides news to News Corp.

It's a bit of a rip-off for CBS, but a business owner who doesn't rip people off isn't a good capitalist!

Masayoshi Son can bow down to Mr. Ma, who doesn't care about money, so why should you, James Pelican, be an exception?

After all, I don't love money!

What I love is the influence of the media!

Of course, Ian will still provide CBS with exclusive news to ensure that CBS doesn't suffer too much financial loss. If they're dissatisfied and anger Ian, that would be a real problem.

This collaboration should have been a major event, but it was overshadowed by the World Cup scandal. Only a few smart people were able to react in time, but unfortunately, these companies are not publicly listed, so there are not many opportunities to take advantage of it.

This World Cup scandal, fueled by Ian, is more intense, more outrageous, and more sensational than in the previous one.

It was destined to become the biggest news story of 2002.

James Peley was deeply disappointed by this.

Others may not know, but James Peley does.

That bastard Ian Carr, he must have fabricated the news and given it to Murdoch. Otherwise, why would Murdoch give him such a huge piece of the pie, Fox Entertainment Group?

6 month 30 day.

On this day, the final match took place as scheduled.

However, there were no South Korean fans in the stands.

The 02 World Cup was marred by controversy over referee corruption, with the deaths of two referees leading to South Korea's 0-12 defeat to Germany and their subsequent 0-5 loss to Turkey.

At this turning point in history, the South Korean team, still ranked fourth in the World Cup, has lost all sense of honor.

Everyone called them "despicable thieves" and "shameless burglars," disgracing the organizers.

The reputation of South Koreans plummeted at that moment, and the glory of fourth place became an indelible disgrace—from that day on, everyone who saw a South Korean would sarcastically shout, "Fourth place! Fourth place!"

For a period of time, fourth place became the greatest shame in this era, and some people even preferred to be outside the top four rather than fourth place.

South Koreans have turned "fourth place" into an insulting ranking.

Perhaps due to the prestige of their resounding victory over the South Koreans, the outcome of this final match changed somewhat.

Brazil failed to beat Germany 2-0, but instead won 2-1, so the result remained unchanged.

This is actually also related to Ian.

He gave the Brazilians a small helping hand; otherwise, the Germans might have had the opportunity to reverse the course of history.

Ian didn't want things to turn out this way. Without any conflict of interest, he still hoped history would follow its original trajectory; otherwise, the next World Cup might change... I would never admit that this was the reason I also bet on Brazil.

With the World Cup coming to a close, fans from all over the world are returning home.

Ian also completed his betting spree.

The latest novel is first published here!

Not many, 1.2 billion.

At least in his view, it wasn't much.

………………

A passionate encounter had just ended on the hotel king-size bed.

Britney pressed her beautiful, youthful body against Ian, rubbing it against him while looking at him with her bright, sparkling eyes: "Aren't you going back?"

Ian sniffed the roses, a smile playing on his lips. "I still have some things to finish. I need to stay and talk to the Samsung Group."

"How long are you going to stay?" Britney asked.

"I'm not entirely sure; it depends on how the negotiations go." Ian gently kissed Britney's delicate red lips. "I know you have a lot of plans when you get back. Don't worry, baby, it's just a few days apart. I'll come find you when we get back."

Even in her lowest point, Britney couldn't be without plans, so she could only look at Ian with reluctance, hugging his neck and saying, "I know what those Koreans are like. Their reputation is ruined this time, and they need you to help them regain their dignity. They'll give anything to get your help, especially those Korean women; they're just gifts, they have no status. You want me to leave because you think I'm in your way, right?"

Fake!

Why are you so clever about this?

Ian quickly reassured Britney, "No, nothing of the sort, baby."

Britney said softly, "I won't be jealous. That wasn't the promise you made to me in the first place."

As a seasoned player in the dating scene, Ian knew very well that the reaction to these words shouldn't be one of "overjoyed delight." He smiled and gently stroked Britney's arm, saying, "You'll always be the most important person in my heart..."

Thankfully, Lena wasn't there.

Britney was finally satisfied: "Okay, then promise me one thing: you have to see me when you get back!"

"Of course!" Ian nodded seriously. "How could I possibly let go of the chance to seduce you?"

After a passionate encounter, Ian personally escorted Britney to the airport.

As Ian watched Britney board the plane and ascend into the sky, he waved goodbye.

Then his expression gradually became solemn.

Secretary Ida approached and stood respectfully behind him: "Samsung Group called. Lee Kun-hee will be waiting for you at the Hong Hotel. One hour!"

Ian gave a soft "Mmm": "No rush, I have the right to be late now, right?"

Ida smiled: "Of course, boss."

(End of this chapter)